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Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by jrnichols »

trcollinson wrote: post #10
jrnichols wrote: post #8

I'm a paramedic, so I'm at work today. Fortunately it's not at my 911 job but at an urgent care, so the chances of it being a little less busy are much higher. Even better, the nearby Starbucks still has my favorite holiday drinks. We did all of our Christmas stuff at home last night.

Thank you for what you do. Luckily (fingers crossed) I haven’t needed an Urgent Care on Christmas Day for the last few years. But I did slice open a finger two years in a row (same finger, same stupid slicing accident, I’ve grown better with knife skills) and needed stitches ASAP. I am so grateful for the professionals in the medical field that serve us even with our own stupidity. Thank you and have a happy holidays…

Slicing accident?

it might not come as a surprise to hear that a lot of the lacerations/etc we see are related to opening mail/packages/Amazon stuff. ;-)

Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by mindcrime »

Doyniish wrote: post #9
mindcrime wrote: post #2

Well, it's 7:26 AM here, and I haven't gone to bed from Christmas Eve yet. I was up all night working on our billing service, specifically adding the feature to generate PDF invoices and emailing them to customers. I have the skeleton of that in place now, but still need to finish the layout of the PDF, and wire up the code to populate it from the customer and invoice information on the backend. So.. right now I'm ta…

Wowzer, crack open a beer and enjoy Christmas! Work can wait. Merry Christmas!

But the work is what I enjoy. You think I'd do all this just to make money? :-)

That said, I will take a break and go have dinner with a buddy of mine. That's really my "Christmas celebration".

Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by trcollinson »

jrnichols wrote: post #11
trcollinson wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for what you do. Luckily (fingers crossed) I haven’t needed an Urgent Care on Christmas Day for the last few years. But I did slice open a finger two years in a row (same finger, same stupid slicing accident, I’ve grown better with knife skills) and needed stitches ASAP. I am so grateful for the professionals in the medical field that serve us even with our own stupidity. Thank you and have a happy holidays…

Slicing accident? it might not come as a surprise to hear that a lot of the lacerations/etc we see are related to opening mail/packages/Amazon stuff. ;-)

I was actually preparing a standing prime rib roast! And trimming the fat. I held the roast with one hand and slices towards that hand with the other. Twice! The first year, shame on the roast. But the second year... lol

Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by miguelrochefort »

I'm traveling in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

A pickpocket stole my phone on Christmas Eve at the mark of midnight.

I spent Christmas day looking for a replacement device and trying to set it up. I later ate some convenience store ramen, called my parents, and went to sleep.

Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by FlyMoreRockets »

jrnichols wrote: post #8

I'm a paramedic, so I'm at work today. Fortunately it's not at my 911 job but at an urgent care, so the chances of it being a little less busy are much higher. Even better, the nearby Starbucks still has my favorite holiday drinks. We did all of our Christmas stuff at home last night.

Retired from EMS last year. The resulting calmness and serenity is sublime. Keep on keeping on, brother.

This Christmas, I'm not doing much at all and it's really nice.

Re: Ask HN: How are you spending your Christmas Day?

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Post by world32 »

mindcrime wrote: post #2

Well, it's 7:26 AM here, and I haven't gone to bed from Christmas Eve yet. I was up all night working on our billing service, specifically adding the feature to generate PDF invoices and emailing them to customers. I have the skeleton of that in place now, but still need to finish the layout of the PDF, and wire up the code to populate it from the customer and invoice information on the backend. So.. right now I'm ta…

I initially thought this post was a parody of a typical hacker news reading software engineer working on a startup. There are just so many cliches here it's almost cringe worthy. Reminds me of that homejoy post where the founder was bragging that half the company was working on Christmas Eve.
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